nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20191126-122149-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 191126s2019||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20191126-122149-0 doi eng 342 23 Krajewski, Michał Author aut The Power of ‘Appearances’ Krajewski, Michał Verfassungsblog 2019-11-26 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Last week the EU Court of Justice replied to Polish Supreme Court’s preliminary references regarding the independence of judges of its Disciplinary Chamber. The good news is that the ECJ gave to all Polish courts a powerful tool to ensure each citizen’s right to a fair trial before an independent judge, without undermining the systems of judicial appointments in other Member States. The bad news is that the test of appearance may easily be misused or abused. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 judicial independence Polish Supreme Court Rule of Law Ziółkowski, Michał Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-power-of-appearances/ raw object